Improvement in washing-machines



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'EQS, BARRINGER. Improvement in Washing Machines,

No, 124,193, PatentdMarch 5,1872.

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Improvement in Washing Machines; No. 124,193. Patented.March5,18 72.

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STATES PATENT -oFmE.-.

BE EZERS- B RINGEB, or TROY, NEW Yon'iei j IMPROVEMENT iN-WASHlNG-MACHINES.

Specification formin part of Letters Patent ho. 124,193, dated March 5, 1872 antedated February 16, 1872.

GER, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New 'York, have invented a new ..andvaluable Improvement in W'ashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing snaking a part ofthis. specification, and tothe letters and figures of referencemarked there- I on p Figure 1 of the drawing'is a representation of a side view of my invention.- Fig. 2. is a central vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 1s a vertical transverse section. Figs. 4, 5, 6,

.7, 8, are details.

This invention has relation to a washing-machine; and consists in the construction and novel arrangement of its parts, whereby it is designed to be operated while in position upon the top of a stove or heater.

' The objects which I have designed to accomplish are: first, a connection between the-inner cylinder and the outer case, which will adnit of the readjustment of the journals of the cylinder after the bottom of the case has been removed; second, an arrangement of internal ribs or buckets in the cylinder, which will not carry..th.e water above the center thereof, and which will operate in either direction; third, a means for .securing the outer case or boiler to the stove, so that it may be kept steady during the operation of rotating the cylinder and, fourth, a means for keeping the cylinder steady, when desired.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the boiler or outercan,which'1nay be of tin or other metal, and in any of the usuai forms. B represents. the top thereof, which is provided with a cylindrical rise or elevation in its center to j admit of the elevation of the rotating cylinder when necessary. WVhen these tin or copper-bottomed boilers have been inuse for the action of the fire is such that the lower surface or bottom of such boilers becomes oxidized, and requires to be renewed. This renewal is accomplished by cutting 011' the old bottom above the edge joint and fitting to the sides, which do not wear, to any extent, a new bottom plate. The effect of this operation gis to shorten the boiler somewhat?" G designates the rotating cylinder, within which theclothes are placed to be washed. This c'ylinde'ris' provided with circular side plates'and with asuc cession' of transverse ribs, extending around its cylindrical surface. These ribs are secured to the flanche's of the side plates, and-"are cen trally secured by a band running around the canon the outside thereof. ,On the-inside of the cylinder some of the ribs are provided with flanches extending radially inward, and transversely across the cylinder. These flanched ribs to a. are arranged in" pairs, placedwith their flanches toward each other. By this an rangernent the angular buckets form ed will respectively operate to carry 'np the water, according-as the cylinder is rotated to the right or to the left; and the radial position-"of the flanch of eachbucket prevent s'gthe' water from being carried much above the center of the cylinder. The top D of the cylinderis hinged to the main portion thereof byjinea-ns of the open hooked plates or armsb, 'sotha't the top, which is necessarily of large size', .inay

be easily removed. The top islocked close by means of the curved arm c,'which is hinged to the cylinder and extendsover the top, where it is secured by means of a bolt; WVhen the cylinder is open it is kept steadyinthe boiler by securing the arm a to the slide-bolt d, secured to the end wall of the boiler; E E designates the journal plates, which are securely fastened to the sides of the cylinder. One of these plates, E, is formed with a stud, a, which rotates within a forked seat, f, which isadjustable at ditl'erent heights within the dove.- tailed channel of the plate g, which is secured to the wall of the boiler. The plate E is provided with a central recess, e. provided with four offsets at ninety degrees distance from each other, two of the said ofi'sets, h h, extendin g for the full depth of the recess and the other two, 70 It, being blind or conceale by the edge of said recess. Each pair h k of these ofl'sets is connected by a channel, a, at

the-basc Qf the wall of the recess. F represe'nts'the metal plate, which is secured to the inside of the boiler case on this side. This plate is provided with a dovetail channel to," receive the sliding plate I, havin g a circular or curved flanch or ledge, m, which serves as the This recess is p journal-seat on this side. The wall of theboiler on this side is'slotted at 11; and c 'epresents a cylindrical projection formed on tire-plate. l

opening, designed to tit neatly the projection q. I This plate G is secured by means of thumbscrews to the inner plate 1. The height of the plates G l is regulated by means of thumbscrews workinginto the beds-plate F. H represents the operating crank, and 1" the square seat thereof. This seatis formed at the exterior end of the tubular block 8, whose inner end is forked to permit theprojeetioii of the ends of a cross-key, t, formedou the inner end of a screw bolt, u. L represents a washer on the block 8. This block 8 carrying the screwbolt and key, is inserted through the journalseat plates into the'ieces's ot the journal plate of the cylinder, then turned one-quarter'round and secured by drawing the cross-key up into the ends of the blind 'oifsets of the recess 0. This is elfected by means of the thumb-nut c. The washer is provided with studs on its' in n'er sides, which project into the offsets of the opening through the plate G, and serveto keep it steady. The boiler is secured tothe flanch of the stove by the following means: 22 .reprem sent horizontally-sliding h0oks,.which are attached'to the-lower edge .of boiler by means of the sleeves z z andthe blocks 313']. Setscrews 10 are employed in the blocks 3 to secure thesliding hook in anyf'desired position.

In consequence of the arrangement; of these slides they are readilyadapted to a stove of any ordinary width, and when the boiler, is removed from the stove they may he turned in out of the way.

The method of construction of my boiler above described wi h that of tl e rgtalzing cylnaled, so that it will hang near the bottom of the boiler, and it is now apparent that whenever the bottom of the boileris cut oil the cylinder must be raised,

What I claimas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi I 1. The washing-niacinne, consisting of the slotted case A, the adjustable clothes-cylinder Q, the sliding journal seat platesj" 1-, and the convex top B, all substantially as specified.

2. In the washing-machine, as described, the

cylinder G provided with the pairs of buckets a'a, the buckets of each pair being placed back to back, and having theirfla-nches ex tending radially inward, as specified.

3. In combination with the holding devices and the case A, the adjustable fastening-hooks Z for securing' the washing-machine. to the flanch of the stove, substantially as specified.

4. In the washing-machine, as described,the combination with the hollow journal E ha ving the ofi'sets h h, channels n n, and blind offsets k k, of the screw at having cross-head t, the

sleeve R with its'n'otched end a-nd the thumbnut v, substantially as sp'eemed.

; In testimony that I claim the aboveI have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of'two witnesses.

- I EJSyBARRINGER.

Witnesses: F. B. CURTIt I VILLnTrE ANDERSON. 

